Video: West Virginia State/Duquesne U's Charles Henry "Chuck" Cooper elected into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Chuck Cooper holds the significant distinction of being the first African-American to be drafted by an NBA team. #19HoopClass pic.twitter.com/fCS45Eqe3Y

— NBA History (@NBAHistory) April 6, 2019

He was the first African American to play in a college basketball game south of the Mason-Dixon line and was the first African American to be drafted by an NBA team, Red Auerbach’s Boston Celtics in 1950. We posthumously congratulate Charles “Chuck” Cooper. #19HoopClass pic.twitter.com/GrGs8U1qxh

— Basketball HOF (@Hoophall) April 6, 2019

Cooper, Fitch, Westphal among Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2019 https://t.co/Pd3Ylnoscm

— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) April 6, 2019

Congratulations to all of the #19HoopClass inductees and especially to those with Celtics ties - Charles “Chuck” Cooper, Coach Bill Fitch, Paul Westphal and Carl Braun 👏👏 pic.twitter.com/H2x6dGLaMt

— Boston Celtics (@celtics) April 6, 2019